2 Corinthians 11:32 KJV — MannaFest

2 Corinthians 11:32

In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

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ASV

In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:

WEB

In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.

YLT

In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,

DBT

In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes shut up, wishing to take me;

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2 Corinthians — Paul's most personal letter. A defense of gospel ministry under pressure — comfort and conflict, giving and glory, weakness and power — with the tone shifting markedly at chapter 10.

Author: Paul, with Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55–56, from Macedonia

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9 verses on the floor

Acts 9:24
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
1 Samuel 19:12
So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
Psalms 59:1
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
Galatians 1:17
Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
2 Corinthians 11:26
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

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governor--Greek, "Ethnarch": a Jewish officer to whom heathen rulers gave authority over Jews in large cities where they were numerous. He was in this case under Aretas, king of Arabia. Damascus was in a Roman province.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Aretas IV — attested in contemporary inscriptiontier 2 · well-supported
Josephus; Nabatean inscriptions; coins
Biblical figure (King of Nabatea, 9 BC-AD 40) identified in extra-biblical epigraphy.

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